All 4,092 M&A deals announced during 2008, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.
| # | Acquirer | Acquired | Date | Type | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 |
MessageOne
MessageOne offers email management solutions such as EMS and AlertFind for archi…
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2008-02-13 | Acquisition | $155.0M | Deal → | |
| 252 |
Trolltech
Trolltech provides software development platforms, tools, and frameworks for the…
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2008-06-05 | Acquisition | $153.0M | Deal → | |
| 253 |
The Qt Company
The Qt Company is a software company that specializes in product development ser…
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2008-01-28 | Acquisition | $153.0M | Deal → | |
| 254 |
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Britton Group
Britton Group is a flexible plastic packaging manufacturer.
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2008-04-11 | Management Buyout | $151.9M | Deal → | |
| 255 |
Thiakis
Thiakis develop novel analogues of naturally occurring hormones for the treatmen…
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2008-12-18 | Acquisition | $150.0M | Deal → | |
| 256 |
LipoSonix
LipoSonix, Inc. operates as a medical device company. The company develops non-i…
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2008-06-16 | Acquisition | $150.0M | Deal → | |
| 257 |
Holsum Bakery
Holsum Bakery is a manufacturer and supplier of bread, buns, and rolls in the So…
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2008-06-01 | Acquisition | $150.0M | Deal → | |
| 258 |
Compete, Inc.
IBM focused consulting company.
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2008-03-03 | Acquisition | $150.0M | Deal → | |
| 259 |
The Sanctuary Spa Group
The Sanctuary Spa Group operates as a spa for men and women.
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2008-01-29 | Acquisition | $149.1M | Deal → | |
| 260 |
Healthcare Homes
Healthcare Homes is the leading provider of elderly residential care in East Ang…
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2008-04-13 | Management Buyout | $148.0M | Deal → | |
| 261 |
Barrier Therapeutics
Barrier Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, de…
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2008-06-23 | Acquisition | $148.0M | Deal → | |
| 262 |
Vistacare
Vistacare is a leading provider of hospice services in the United States.
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2008-03-06 | Acquisition | $148.0M | Deal → | |
| 263 |
Tumbleweed Communications
Tumbleweed Communications provides enterprise-class managed file transfer, email…
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2008-09-04 | Acquisition | $146.4M | Deal → | |
| 264 |
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Leasedrive
Leasedrive provides fleet management and short-term vehicle rental management se…
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2008-09-18 | Lbo | $145.6M | Deal → | |
| 265 |
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Farm & Home Oil
Farm & Home Oil is a privately held company that supplies energy products to hom…
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2008-02-08 | Acquisition | $145.5M | Deal → | |
| 266 |
ATPI Limited
ATPI Limited is one of the world's and long established global travel management…
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2008-07-25 | Lbo | $145.4M | Deal → | |
| 267 |
ZAO Begun
ZAO Begun offers contextual advertising services and products to advertisers, We…
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2008-07-18 | Acquisition | $140.0M | Deal → | |
| 268 |
Hosted Solutions
Hosted Solutions' high quality Data Center and Hi-Touch Managed Hosting solution…
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2008-04-09 | Acquisition | $140.0M | Deal → | |
| 269 |
Epuls
Epuls belongs to Poland's major social networks.
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2008-10-02 | Acquisition | $138.5M | Deal → | |
| 270 |
Crown Paints
Crown Paints manufactures and markets paints in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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2008-08-04 | Management Buyout | $137.5M | Deal → | |
| 271 |
HomeTeam Pest Defense
HomeTeam Pest Defense provides residential pest and termite control services for…
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2008-03-31 | Acquisition | $137.0M | Deal → | |
| 272 |
Empruntis
Empruntis offers a full range of financial products: real estate loans, consumer…
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2008-10-11 | Acquisition | $134.4M | Deal → | |
| 273 |
Trapeze Networks
Trapeze networks offers wireless LAN solutions for use in mobile applications, i…
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2008-06-06 | Acquisition | $133.0M | Deal → | |
| 274 |
Movaris
Movaris offers solutions that integrate and manage financial close and other gov…
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2008-02-13 | Acquisition | $130.0M | Deal → | |
| 275 |
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Taylor Woodrow Construction
Taylor Woodrow Construction operates in the construction, facilities management,…
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2008-09-10 | Acquisition | $130.0M | Deal → | |
| 276 |
Gold Medal
Gold Medal is a travel agency that provides scheduled flights, hotels, holidays,…
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2008-12-19 | Acquisition | $129.7M | Deal → | |
| 277 |
Caythorpe Gas Storage
Caythorpe Gas Storage owns and operates gas producing fields.
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2008-09-22 | Acquisition | $129.5M | Deal → | |
| 278 |
Recruitmax
Recruitmax provides on-demand talent management applications and related support…
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2008-05-06 | Acquisition | $128.8M | Deal → | |
| 279 |
C
Citi Technology Services
Citi Technology Services is a provider of information technology services and so…
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2008-12-23 | Acquisition | $127.0M | Deal → | |
| 280 |
DailyCandy
DailyCandy is a daily email newsletter and website delivering editorial content …
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2008-08-05 | Acquisition | $125.0M | Deal → | |
| 281 |
Mirus Bio
Mirus Bio Corporation, a life science company, discovers, develops, and commerci…
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2008-07-22 | Acquisition | $125.0M | Deal → | |
| 282 |
SemEquip
SemEquip engages in the research, development, and manufacturing of implant mate…
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2008-07-08 | Acquisition | $125.0M | Deal → | |
| 283 |
buy.at
Buyat is an affiliate marketing network.
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2008-02-01 | Acquisition | $125.0M | Deal → | |
| 284 |
Era
Era Systems Corporation, a wholly owned SRA subsidiary, equips military and civi…
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2008-04-30 | Acquisition | $124.4M | Deal → | |
| 285 |
Suffolk Life
Suffolk Life provides and administers specialist pension products, primarily sel…
|
2008-03-28 | Acquisition | $123.6M | Deal → | |
| 286 |
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Front Line Management
Front Line Management Companies provides talent management and representation se…
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2008-10-23 | Acquisition | $123.0M | Deal → | |
| 287 |
The Staubach Company
The Staubach Company is a real estate services firm specializing in tenant repre…
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2008-07-11 | Acquisition | $123.0M | Deal → | |
| 288 |
SwapDrive
SwapDrive offers an online storage solution allowing users to backup, store and …
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2008-06-01 | Acquisition | $123.0M | Deal → | |
| 289 |
Hostopia.com
Hostopia is a provider of web services that enables small and medium-sized busin…
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2008-06-20 | Acquisition | $122.1M | Deal → | |
| 290 |
Napster
Napster enables users to discover, listen, and share music files with others.
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2008-09-14 | Acquisition | $121.0M | Deal → | |
| 291 |
Pure Networks
Pure Networks provides equipment management, content and digital services to ind…
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2008-07-22 | Acquisition | $120.0M | Deal → | |
| 292 |
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Plastro Irrigation Systems
Plastro Irrigation Systems Ltd., a maker of mostly plastic irrigation equipment …
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2008-06-05 | Acquisition | $120.0M | Deal → | |
| 293 |
Onaro
Onaro develops storage-management software that allows Storage Area Networks to …
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2008-01-03 | Acquisition | $120.0M | Deal → | |
| 294 |
SM&A
Government procurement management system
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2008-12-29 | Merge | $119.6M | Deal → | |
| 295 |
Premier Research
Premier Research is a biotech startup that helps biopharmaceutical and medical d…
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2008-03-20 | Acquisition | $118.9M | Deal → | |
| 296 |
Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis S.A.
Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis S.A. produces wines. It offers red, white, and rose wi…
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2008-05-01 | Acquisition | $116.0M | Deal → | |
| 297 |
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Douglas E Barnhart Inc
Douglas E Barnhart Inc is a construction management and building company.
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2008-01-01 | Acquisition | $116.0M | Deal → | |
| 298 |
Bodybuilding.com
Bodybuilding.com is a fitness company that provides an online supplement store a…
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2008-01-01 | Acquisition | $116.0M | Deal → | |
| 299 |
Midas Capital
Midas Capital was founded by Josh Kopelman to manage his personal private equity…
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2008-02-12 | Acquisition | $115.5M | Deal → | |
| 300 |
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Nektar - Therapeutics pulmonary business
Nektar pioneered the development of novel forms of delivering therapeutics to th…
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2008-10-21 | Acquisition | $115.0M | Deal → |